Will you be filling up your car ahead of midnight price increase?

My_left_leg

The reason I'm asking this question is because I'm a tad confused.

There was this old guy on the 6 'o clock News who was proudly declaring his intention to fill up his car (and his wife's) before midnight, when the budget price hike kicks in.

How much is he going to save?

By my calculations he'll be lucky to save €1.15!
Is it really worth it?

Turtyturd

Yep gonna fill it up and head down to Athlone to steal some heating oil and save a fortune that way.

Kasabian

He was filling the missus car too later in the evening. I saw this and thought bejaysus he'd be a fun guy to have a pint with.

MyKeyG

My_left_leg wrote: »

The reason I'm asking this question is because I'm a tad confused.

There was this old guy on the 6 'o clock News who was proudly declaring his intention to fill up his car (and his wife's) before midnight, when the budget price hike kicks in.

How much is he going to save?

By my calculations he'll be lucky to save €1.15!
Is it really worth it?

Yeah I saw a thread earlier on discussing filling up your car before midnight and I thought 'what's the point?' Surely the saving is negligible relatively speaking.

De Hipster

Filled mine - point of principle & will be travelling north of the divide for cheaper fills from here on in too.

tonedef

I filled up because I was passing a garage but wouldn't be bothered going out just to fill up the car. As OP says, when you stop and do the math it's just not worth it

Randy Anders

It's completely pointless! I drove by my local garage a few mins ago and there was about 50 cars queuing to get petrol. Just sitting there with the engine running in that que will counter any savings made ffs!

alwaysadub

Needed petrol anyway and it was quite cheap so filled the car instead of putting in a tenners worth like I was going to. Wouldn't have went out of my way to get some just cos of the budget hikes

Fishooks12

De Hipster wrote: »

Filled mine - point of principle & will be travelling north of the divide for cheaper fills from here on in too.

probably wasting the saving you make on cheaper petrol travelling north

Chuck Stone

Yeah it's a bit mad.

One should just use one's car less if one possibly can.

starbelgrade

I filled up the tank with petrol earlier, then filled up the boot, emptied the windscreen water out, filled it with petrol, bought some buckets, put them on the back seat & filled them, let the air out of the tyres, filled them and even drank about 15 litres of petrol which I'm pissing into spare buckets that I have in the shed.

So fuck you Michael Noonan - you won't be getting my money any time soon.

Sky King

I have a fairly full tank so the 20 cent saving is a missed opportunity. I'll just have to freewheel the last 100M into work in the morning to make up for it.

perri winkles

Not a word of a lie, the woman my mum works for was ringing around garages this afternoon to find out which was the cheapest so she could fill her car.

She isn't short of money either, she's a GP!!

clownman

No id spend that €1.15 driving to the petrol station.

Skinflint

Kasabian wrote: »

He was filling the missus car too later in the evening. I saw this and thought bejaysus he'd be a fun guy to have a pint with.

That is the first laugh and prob the only laugh I will have today, tks

endacl

My_left_leg wrote: »

The reason I'm asking this question is because I'm a tad confused.

There was this old guy on the 6 'o clock News who was proudly declaring his intention to fill up his car (and his wife's) before midnight, when the budget price hike kicks in.

How much is he going to save?

By my calculations he'll be lucky to save €1.15!
Is it really worth it?

There is one glaring and obvious problem with your argument. It makes sense...

On the other hand, if you drive a car with a massive tank, you could theoretically save as much as two quid! Spread this saving over a year and at amounts to over half a cent per day. Now that is significant. And all you have to do to avail of the saving is sit like a tool for half an hour in a filling station queue. I'll make that saving by sitting in front of the telly tonight.

My_left_leg

Thanks for your replies folks.

TBH having seen this bloke on TV I was starting to question myself, so I asked the missus should we fill up both our cars.

Then I started doing the math,

Average family car tank capacity = 16 Gals/73 Ltrs(approx)
73 x 1.5 cents(budget increase per litre) = 109.5 cents or a saving of a whopping great €1.10 approx.

Savman

Unless there's some pending oil shortage of which I'm unaware, I couldn't be arsed personally.

Anyone who does, for a couple of euro saving, good luck to ya.

No biggie, you'll be giving it back next week one way or another.

My_left_leg

De Hipster wrote: »

Filled mine - point of principle & will be travelling north of the divide for cheaper fills from here on in too.

Fair play to ya Hipster!
You probably live fairly close to the border, otherwise you'll spend more than you'll save.

Here's a formula I've devised to calculate cost benefit which I think you'll find useful.;)


Distance from Cheaper Fuel x Ave Annual Mileage
_________________________________________ / Desire to have a Life %
Cost differential x Available spare time

theTinker

perri winkles wrote: »

Not a word of a lie, the woman my mum works for was ringing around garages this afternoon to find out which was the cheapest so she could fill her car.

She isn't short of money either, she's a GP!!

I wonder does she do it on a regular basis to save petrol.

I know of a cheaper petrol station that my usual one, but its 10 minutes away from me. It couldnt be worth 20minutes of my life per refill to save a few cents... Its just ridiculous.

dxhound2005

My_left_leg wrote: »

Fair play to ya Hipster!
You probably live fairly close to the border, otherwise you'll spend more than you'll save.

Here's a formula I've devised to calculate cost benefit which I think you'll find useful.;)


Distance from Cheaper Fuel x Ave Annual Mileage
_________________________________________ / Desire to have a Life %
Cost differential x Available spare time

Don't forget the exchange rate as well. This year so far you could have paid as little as €1.10 or as much as €1.20 to buy £1 Sterling.

Dave!

perri winkles wrote: »

Not a word of a lie, the woman my mum works for was ringing around garages this afternoon to find out which was the cheapest so she could fill her car.

She isn't short of money either, she's a GP!!

Probably hangs her teabags on the washing line too

Cheap cant

RichieC

I put some oil on my chain.

Not saving much to be honest.

Cantona's Collars

Local filling station was packed earlier,they dropped their prices last week so it won't make any real difference with this increase,however there are a few places who'll add on even more.

Guy:Incognito

De Hipster wrote: »

Filled mine - point of principle & will be travelling north of the divide for cheaper fills from here on in too.

travelling north to save money buy buyign dearer petrol?

http://www.petrolprices.com/search.html?search=newry

You'd have to be getting petrol for a maximum of £1.25 a litre to break even. Any dearer and your losing money.

For Forks Sake

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

travelling north to save money buy buyign dearer petrol?

http://www.petrolprices.com/search.html?search=newry

It's that sort of economic genius that got us into this recession and it's damn well going to get us out of it as well...

De Hipster

Fishooks12 wrote: »

probably wasting the saving you make on cheaper petrol travelling north

I live beside the border & the savings on groceries, alcohol, fuel & whatever else will well make up for any mileage travelled.

Akrasia

I just filled the car. Reckon I saved me a cool 1 euro 50. Score! AND I also got myself a bar of chocolate, pack of hunkey doreys and some chewing gum.

flutterflye

Ah sh1te on a stick.
I forgot about this.
Bit late now to get to the petrol station

ejmaztec

starbelgrade wrote: »

I filled up the tank with petrol earlier, then filled up the boot, emptied the windscreen water out, filled it with petrol, bought some buckets, put them on the back seat & filled them, let the air out of the tyres, filled them and even drank about 15 litres of petrol which I'm pissing into spare buckets that I have in the shed.

...and after all that, you suddenly remembered that you didn't have a car.

maxfresh

perri winkles wrote: »

Not a word of a lie, the woman my mum works for was ringing around garages this afternoon to find out which was the cheapest so she could fill her car.

She isn't short of money either, she's a GP!!

Tight b**ch ,prob gives a load of wrong diagnosis's to get the punters back :P

stovelid

The answer to the nation's woes is to introduce a substantial moron tax. Not only would we clear our debts, but we'd probably see a budget surplus.

ShooterSF

Doesn't driving on a full tank increase consumption anyway?

antodeco

My local station drops its price by 3c after 9pm. Went up there and nobody there. Basically saved myself 5c on a 60 litre tank, so €3. Filled up my other two cars, so about €1.50. Filled up the OH so about €2. Saved €6.50

I also went and bought 5000 smokes to sell on Henry street the weekend. In for a penny and all that!

amacca

stovelid wrote: »

The answer to the nation's woes is to introduce a substantial moron tax. Not only would we clear our debts, but we'd probably see a budget surplus.

+1

and we wouldn't be incentivizing those on the borderline to become morons either

the number of morons would decline over the years

pros: general populace more intelligent.....less tear my hair out in frustration moments at the sheer moronical nature of some of the morons encountered on a daily basis

cons: things become more competitive....an ever diminishing supply of morons available to take advantage of when you're feeling evil....less jobs created in the "caring" professions (there there moron what did you think would happen....let me charge you for fixing your problem you moron), less business for insurance assessors, less work for those who put morons in their place


hmmmmmm...............................sooner or later we will need to replenish the supply of morons for society to function properly....




oh I filled my tank full of nearly €100 of lovely diesel...mmmm..brimmed it so I did.....reckon I spent the 1 or 2 odd euro I saved going to the station....it felt strangely worth it.

the groutch

I'd fill my car with petrol, but it'd leak out when I open the window

Senna

My tank is just about empty, but i'll just fill up tomorrow on my way to work, i wouldn't be bothered heading out on such a bad night to save a quid.

westendgirlie

My car was on empty yesterday so I filled it. Rather my 1.50 in my pocket than in someone elses.

Where To

Had 10,000 litres delivered yesterday :cool:

amacca

where do i go from here wrote: »

Had 10,000 litres delivered yesterday :cool:

so whats your address then?